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Broadband services : business models and technologies for community networks
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West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, 2005
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9780470022481

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Access to the Internet is an increasing problem in many areas of the world. As the popularity and usefulness of the Internet increases on a daily basis, lack of access to the technology is putting many groups at a disadvantage in terms of better education, better jobs and even in terms of higher levels of civic participation. However, creating a network infrastructure to serve outlying communities and sectors of the population is not straight-forward.

This book brings together all the aspects of the problem - technical, regulatory and economic - into one volume to provide a comprehensive resource. It describes the latest technological advances that allow cost-effective network infrastructures to be built, and places them in the context of the applications and services that the infrastructure will deliver. A section on business models and case studies from North American and Europe demonstrate that the solutions are economically and practically viable.

This book is essential for anyone looking to gain an understanding of the issues and technology surrounding the access debate. It will be of particular relevance to network engineers/designers/planners at the incumbent operator companies charged with delivering broadband access to as yet unconnected regions. Governments and regulatory bodies will also find this a useful guide to the problems that they may face.


Author Notes

Imrich Chlamtac, CreateNet Research Consortium

Ashwin Gumaste, Fujitsu Laboratories, USA

Csaba A. Szabo , Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary


Table of Contents

Foreword
About the Editors
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
1 IntroductionImrich Chlamtac and Ashwin Gumaste and csaba A. Szab??
Part 1 Applications and Services
2 Broadband Home/Entertainment ServicesArieh Moller and Roy Isacowitz
3 Applications and Services to Meet Society-Related NeedsCsaba A. Szabo
Part 2 Business Models
4 Key Legal and Regulatory Issues Affecting Community Broadband Projects in the United StatesSean Stokes and Jim Baller
5 European Telecommunication Law and Community NetworksGiovanni Pascuzzi and Andrea Rossato
6 Models for Public Sector Involvement in Regional and Local Broadband ProjectsGareth Hughes
7 Customer Owned and Municipal Fiber NetworksBill St. Arnaud
8 Towards Technologically and Competitively Neutral Fiber to the Home (FTTH) InfrastructureMarvin Sirbu and Anupam Banerjee
Part 3 Technology
9 Backbone Optical Network Design for Community NetworksAshwin Gumaste and Csaba A. Szab o and Imrich Chlamtac
10 A Comparison of the Current State of DSL TechnologiesScott A. Valcourt
11 Fiber in the Last MileAshwin Gumaste and Nasir Ghani and Imrich Chlamtac
12 Ethernet in the First MileWael William Diab
13 DOCSIS as a Foundation for Residential and Commercial Community Networking over Hybrid Fiber CoaxSteven Fulton and Chaitanya Godsay and Radim Barto?!
14 Broadband Wireless Networks: a Roadmap to Emerging Trends and StandardsE. Baccarelli and M. Biagi and Raffaele Bruno and Marco Conti and Enrico Gregori
Part 4 Case Studies
15 Community Networks in North AmericaPriya Shetty and Ashwin Gumaste
16 European Broadband Initiatives with Public ParticipationCsaba A. Szab??
Index